Improvement in bale-ties



7 L. E. EVANS.

v BALE-TIES.

Patented 0013,1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LEMUEL E. EVANS, OF TREMONT- STATION, ASSIGNOR TO WASHINGTON BROOKNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 182,810, dated October 3, 1876 application filed March 17, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEMUEL E. EVANS, of Tremont Station, in the city of New York, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Tie Fastenings, of which the following is a specification:

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification, and represent what I esteem the best means of carrying out the invention.

Figure lis a perspective view of the baletie ends separated, the baletie and the fastenings at the ends being all one continuous piece of wire simply doubled and twisted, and peculiarly bent near each end. Fig. 2 shows the same in the act of being fastened or engaged together, and Fig. 3 shows the engagement complete. Fig. 4 represents a modifica tion, in which one of the ties is terminated by a diiferent piece of metal jointed flexibly thereto. Fig. 5 is a cross-section through a bale, showing the tie-fastening on a smaller scale.

Similar letters of referenceindicate like parts in all the figures.

I form one end of the wire or analogous baletie material into a loop of moderate length, and form the other end into a peculiar hook, adapted to bear on the body of the bale when subjected to strain, and by virtue of such hearing on the bale to resist a straightening force. The drawings represent the two ends of my bale-tie brought together after being extended properly around a bale.

Referring to the figures, Ais a loop, formed by turning a portion of one end back upon The other end of the tie is formed double for a considerable distance by turning a length of the wire back closely on itself, the two parts or strands lying side by side in contact with each other, and twisting a portion, 1). The doubled wire is bent at four points, marked, respectively, b b b 12*, the first and last of which are very close together. The point I) is nearer to this point than is the point D The bend 11 forms a hook. The bend 11 forms another hook; or the entire bent end formswhat 1 call a double, one part directed one way, I) b and the other directed the other way, 12 b The hook or part b b is longer than the hook or part b I). The metal extending beyond 11 I mark 6.

To look the tie around a bale, the bale, rep? resented by K, must be compacted in a suitable press, (not shown,) and the tie passed around, and the ends brought together. The point b is then introduced into the loop A, as shown in Fig. 2. After being forced as far as possible in that position, the loop drops over the point 21 and the tie then attains the fully-secured position shown in Fig. 3. When the press relaxes its force, the pull of the tie then engages the loop A, and prevents its becoming disengaged. The length from b to b should always be greater than the length of the loop A, so that the latter is surely retained under all concussions, ho ever severe. .The loop can be disengaged by hand when the bale is again subjected to the action of a proper press, but only by being skillfully placed in the inclined position shown in Fig. 2, which is not likely to be assumed by chance.

My improved bale-tie fastening is strong and secure. Blows or pressure on my double book may, by deforming it, make it difiicult of unlocking, but cannot diminish its security. It is difficult to derange its position seriously, because the end 0 is not only held by the bale against being forced inward, but is also pressed on by the part a, and thus supported against being bent outward by any disturbing force.

The twisting of the part b is not at all necessary, the tie being sufficiently strong without it; but it is desirable as a safeguard against the parts getting out of place Fig. 4 shows a modification, in which the hook made double, as before explained, is

formed from a separate piece of wire, which ,may be of thicker or stiffer stock than the main body of the tie. 'The'end piece is, in this modification, formed by taking a piece of steel or hard-iron wire, doubling it closely on itself, engaging its bight in a small loop formed in the end of the main tie by-doubling. back and twisting, as shown, and producing the several bends b b b b in such added piece, as shown. The manner of locking is the same as with the other, and theflend e extends beyond the double hook, and performs the same functions; but my invention will succeed well if the separate hook in thismodification is not made of thicker or stiffer material than the main body of the tie, but only of soft and slen- 1. The doublehook b b b b on'one end of 'thetie, formed: by bending. the .doubled wire,

as shown, in combination with the loop A on the other end, and adapted to serve together,

as and for the purposes herein specified. 2. The end 0, extended past the engaging hook or, hooks on the tie, and arranged to be pressed against and into the body of the bale my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEMUEL -E. EVANS.

-Witnesses:

JNo. L. DIBBLE, THOMAS D. STETSON. 

